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2011 Presentation Schedule

2011-07-01T17:52:55Z

Martingould:

{{Complex Systems Summer School 2011}}

9:00-9:15: "Modeling Marriage Squeeze." Cristina Bradatan, Chris Glazner, Nathan Wang, Cristina Metzger 

9:15-9:30: "A Generalized Model of a Synthetic Genetic-Metabolic Oscillator." Ed Reznik 

9:30-9:45: "Fragility and Food Webs in Southwestern Colorado: an Analysis of Interconnectedness in Castle Rock Pueblo." Stefani & Lydia 

9:45-10:00: Evolution Challenge Question, Sean Roberts and Andrew Tinka 

10:00-10:15: Empty slot (originally earmarked for Martin/Sean, but that will be rolled into "Chaotic music generation, aka DJ Chaos(es)") 

10:15-10:30: "SFI explanations of music neuroscience." Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas 

10:30-10:45 "The Fifth Rule: an agent-based modeling approach and possible applications based on real data." Elliot Aguilar, Nora Connor, Alejandro Fajardo, Matteo Gagliolo, Josh Garland, Eugenia Polizzi 

10:45-11:00: Break 

11:00-11:15: "Routing for Robustness on Wireless Sensor Networks." Andrew Tinka 

11:15-11:30 Tomas Veloz 

11:30-11:45: "Self-organization in a heterogeneous bacterial biofilm." David Borenstein and Erik Edlund 

11:45-12:00:"The Suicide Model Project." C. Bradatan, J. Garland, C. Gunning, C. Metzger, S. Singh, C. Andris 

12:00-12:15: Break 

12:15-12:30: Network Challenge Question. Michael Johanson, Shweta Singh, Yangjing Long, Guido Montufar, Martin Gould 

12:30-12:45: Complexity Challenge Question, Chris Glazner, Fran Moore, Shweta Singh, Ryan Baird, Jason Veneman, Michael Lightfoot, Lydia Smith, Nini Zhang 

12:45-1:00: "Some genes have many partners: Detecting biological modularity." Aaron Brooks, Antoine Allard and Yangjing Long 

1:00-1:15 "A Cellular Automata Model for Common Pool Resource Management" Zoe Hamstead, Michael Sachs, Nadja Kunz, Alejandro Fajardo 

1:15-1:30 "CSSS (social) network challenge" Anand, Cali, Evelien, Randy, Taka, Stefani 

Closing:
"Chaotic music generation, aka the Chaotic Attractors!" Anna Deluca, Martin Gould, Sean Roberts, Nini Zhang 

Special Presentation

2011 Presentation Schedule

2011-07-01T06:44:39Z

Martingould:

{{Complex Systems Summer School 2011}}

9:00-9:15: "Modeling Marriage Squeeze." Cristina Bradatan, Chris Glazner, Nathan Wang, Cristina Metzger 

9:15-9:30: "A Generalized Model of a Synthetic Genetic-Metabolic Oscillator." Ed Reznik 

9:30-9:45: "Fragility and Food Webs in Southwestern Colorado: an Analysis of Interconnectedness in Castle Rock Pueblo." Stefani & Lydia 

9:45-10:00: Evolution Challenge Question, Sean Roberts and Andrew Tinka 

10:00-10:15: Empty slot (originally earmarked for Martin/Sean, but that will be rolled into "Chaotic music generation, aka DJ Chaos(es)") 

10:15-10:30: "SFI explanations of music neuroscience." Victor Quintanar-Zilinskas 

10:30-10:45 "The Fifth Rule: an agent-based modeling approach and possible applications based on real data." Elliot Aguilar, Nora Connor, Alejandro Fajardo, Matteo Gagliolo, Josh Garland, Eugenia Polizzi 

10:45-11:00: Break 

11:00-11:15: "Routing for Robustness on Wireless Sensor Networks." Andrew Tinka 

11:15-11:30 Tomas Veloz 

11:30-11:45: "Self-organization in a heterogeneous bacterial biofilm." David Borenstein and Erik Edlund 

11:45-12:00:"The Suicide Model Project." C. Bradatan, J. Garland, C. Gunning, C. Metzger, S. Singh, C. Andris 

12:00-12:15: Break 

12:15-12:30: Network Challenge Question. Michael Johanson, Shweta Singh, Yangjing Long, Guido Montufar, 

12:30-12:45: Complexity Challenge Question, Chris Glazner, Fran Moore, Shweta Singh, Ryan Baird, Jason Veneman, Michael Lightfoot, Lydia Smith, Nini Zhang 

12:45-1:00: "Some genes have many partners: Detecting biological modularity." Aaron Brooks, Antoine Allard and Yangjing Long 

1:00-1:15 "A Cellular Automata Model for Common Pool Resource Management" Zoe Hamstead, Michael Sachs, Nadja Kunz, Alejandro Fajardo 

1:15-1:30 "CSSS (social) network challenge" Anand, Cali, Evelien Van der Hurk, Randy, Taka, Stefani 

Closing:
"Chaotic music generation, aka DJ Chaos(es)" Anna Deluca, Martin Gould, Sean Roberts, Nini Zhang 

Special Presentation

Complex Systems Summer School 2011-Projects & Working Groups

2011-06-21T03:39:41Z

Martingould:

{{Complex Systems Summer School 2011}}

If you'd like to work on a project with other members of the group, please use this page to organize your thoughts and efforts. We'll schedule a time when we can show off your work towards the end of the program.

==Keywords==

Hey Guys! Some of your research interests have been entered. Hopefully this can give us a better idea of what we are studying, and how we can collaborate for the final challenge. They are organized in a [https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak7533_HL5TadHdhRUFyWGVLRHlmN2liSEVtR2FDUEE&hl=en_US google doc].

Hey Again! Here are two versions of the GML. The first is non-editable, it works. The second can be messed around with like a normal sharable google doc. Please remember to cut and paste ALL of the text (No bracket left behind!) into a text editor of your choice (like notepad) and save it as a .gml. There is a code called "value", this is so you can manipulate the PeopleNodes and the SubjectNodes as separate variables. If you have trouble, let me know. Again, apologies for misspellings and mis-placing-you-in-the-mega-universe-of-stuff-to-study.

ALPHA:
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/15eViqP9BDEsDRqw1Z-R3LnOB04AN57o631YeCxTQQsk/edit?hl=en_US ALPHA GML KEYWORD NETWORK!]

BETA:
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PHDX8LJg-llngEe7tDuQrJTdi6i8q8xwsM7l6dB5oCE/edit?hl=en_US BETA GML KEYWORD NETWORK!]

-Clio

==Meeting with Geoffrey West==

A group of us were interested to continue a discussion with Geoffrey West following his lecture this evening. We will be meeting over lunch next Wednesday 15th June at SFI in the medium conference room. Please add your name to the below list if you would like to attend. 
Nadja Kunz 
Martin Hilbert 
Shweta Singh 
Fran Moore 
Matteo Gagliolo 
Kevin Carlson 
Raghad Chawla 
Jacob Jensen 
Cristina Metgher 
Alejandro Fajardo 
Lydia Smith 
Antoine Allard 
Michael Sachs 
Nicolas Paez 
Christian Gunning 
Nathan Wang 

==Chaotic DJs==

I'd like to play around with the idea of using chaotic attractors to create music, as introduced by Liz Bradley. If anyone else is interested, please say so below! Ideally, I'd love to create a new piece of music (perhaps even recording a few of the budding musicians at the summer school if possible!), pull the individual parts of the composition apart and then use chaotic attractors to put them back together in new (and constantly evolving) ways. I have music production software on my laptop that we can use as a backbone, but we'd need to work out how to program something so that the differential equations controlled it (or otherwise figure out how to use the DEs to make a composition that we then record within the software - perhaps an easier option!) I'd like to hear other people's ideas about what elements of the piece the chaotic attractors could be used to manipulate - Liz's example only used them to re-order pitch, but I'm sure there are other things that we could do too. Hopefully this could be a project that we could play with in our spare time - I'm also looking to join in with a more academic project too, but I think this could potentially be a very enjoyable side-project. -Martin Gould

Interested: 
Anna Deluca 
Nini Zhang (I'm particularly interested variations as defined computationally v musically) 
Stefani Crabtree (What a great idea! I'm a musician: www.stefanicrabtree.com) 
Lydia Smith (I hope it's not too late to jump on board!) 
Sean Roberts

How about having a quick meeting to discuss ideas on Thursday lunch time? Dining hall at noon? The original paper that Liz talked about is here: [http://www.aip.org/journals/chaos/95_1.pdf] perhaps we could discuss which of the original ideas we'd like to use and also brainstorm some new ones that we'd like to try out. -Martin

[[A Page for Mysterious Things]] 
In other words, it's the talk page for members of this group. It's not exciting, don't look at it.

==The CSSS11-network challenge==

'''MEETING TUESDAY 21 AFTER LECTURES''' 
Coming Tuesday, 20 minutes after the lectures end*, I will organize a get together on this project. Everyone interested, please feel welcome. I will announce the location later, here. 
Please, do the following three things: 

1) If you are interested in the analysis, if you have not yet done so, please feel in the survey (we need data!) 
2) Think about what kind of thing you want to bring to this group: passive discussion/knowledge, or active ideas, hands on data analysis, and such 
3) In the latter case of active participation, formulate your ideas in a less-than-5-minute (without slides) old fashioned talk/reasoning 

We will have approx. 5 min idea-statements followed by approx. 5 minute positive, constructive discussion (this will be like a brainstorm session, so all ideas are welcome). 
After we have heard all ideas, the people who want to actively participate will be strongly involved in making a practical schedule.
I plan to have a first (anonymous) data-set available on Tuesday, if I’m lucky, before that. 

*I know that this will coincide with the individual talks of us, which are really interesting, too. The schedule with the labs, evening lectures, and so on, is just too full to do anything else. If you now have a double appointment, one solution is always to (convince your favorite speaker) to present in the last week. 

Thank you for all your help and looking forward to Tuesday! 

Evelien 

PS 
We might need some help with getting the data into a nice structure and such. If converting excel files to graphs is something you like to do, please drop me an email.

'''About the project''' 
Today the Networks Module has started. One of the well-known examples of a network, is a social network.
Did you realize you have been working hard on an (almost) completely new social network in the past few days?

How do these networks come in to place? How do we make friends? Will we be a fully connected network? How many hubs do we have - and can we explain how these hubs come in to place?

This is an excellent opportunity to find some answers to these questions!

The idea is to base the results on the contacts people make. Simply put: who did you have a conversation with? By noting this regularly, we can see the connectedness and sorts of the network evolve over time.

The plan is to collect data on 
1) The evolvement of the network over time, in terms of nr of contacts (conversations lasting over 10 minutes) per approx. 2 days 
2) The 'final' network, as in the people you feel connected to (would like to contact for science or social activities) 

All results will be processed anonymously and will appear (at the end of the summerschool) on the wiki.

We need your help off course, to answer these questions. 
The first survey can be found at: www.thesistools.com/web/?id=20584 

If you are interested in this project, I will organize some discussion meeting (probably in the next week). For now: add your name to the list below, and send in the survey! (while encouraging as much of your connections as you can to do so, too ;) )

If you have any questions, send a message to ehuk at rsm dot nl.

Thank you so much for your help!

The CSSS11-network challenge team 
- Evelien 
- Tomas 
- Clio 
- Randy 
- Antoine 
- JP 
- Cristina M. 
- ....(put your name here if you are in any way interested) 

Hey Guys! Some of your research interests have been entered. Hopefully this can give us a better idea of what we are studying, and how we can collaborate for the final challenge. They are organized in a google doc for sorting, searching etc, and all should have editing privileges. Sorry for typos!

[https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ak7533_HL5TadHdhRUFyWGVLRHlmN2liSEVtR2FDUEE&hl=en_US LINK TO GOOGLE DOC SPREADSHEET]

CHECK BACK FOR A NETWORK OF OUR INTERESTS!!!!!!

-Clio

==Econophysics/Economics Working Group==

Akira, Veronica and I have been discussing some econophysics-type problems recently, and we are going to set up a small working group to meet and discuss our work and problems that we've been thinking about. We will be talking about using ideas from complex systems (such as agent-based modelling, statistical mechanics, etc.) to re-visit traditional problems from economics. We haven't set a date for our first meeting yet, but it's likely to be early next week. Please add your name to the list below if you'd like to come along, either to talk or just to listen! 
Martin Gould 
Akira Toda 
Veronica Gheorghiade 
Shweta Singh 
Nicolas Paez 
Matteo Gagliolo 
Fran Moore 
Ryan j 
Alejandro Fajardo (quietly attending) 
Ryan Baird 
Cali Ellis 
 
I've had a chat with a couple of people today, and it seems like Monday 28th of June at 6pm could work for most people. Would people be interested in trying out something a bit old-school: a blackboard session? We see lots of Powerpoint presentations every day, so I thought this might mix things up a bit. For those of us that want to speak (and it's completely fine if you'd like to come along and just listen), we could take it in turns either presenting some of our research or discussing a problem that we're facing in our work, and want some ideas on. I think if we could keep it discussion-group style, this could be an excellent way of generating interdisciplinary ideas for everyone. - Martin

A Page for Mysterious Things

2011-06-17T05:42:44Z

Martingould:

This is a page for mysterious things. Stay tuned for mysterious things by the musically inclined.

== Chaotic Resampling ==

A suite of stuff that takes a midi and a Lorenz data file and produces a chaotically mapped midi:
[http://blake.ppls.ed.ac.uk/~s0451342/chaoticSampling/ChaosDJ.zip ChaosDJ.zip]

To run this at the command line:

resampleMidi.sh sourceMidi destinationMidi LorenzMapFile

There are two Lorenz data files included produced with [http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de/~tisean/ TISEAN] - lorenzR45.dat is a chaotic mapping.

The suite inlcudes a [http://blake.ppls.ed.ac.uk/~s0451342/chaoticSampling/chaoticSample.py General program for chaotically resampling a string] and uses [http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/midicsv/#Download MIDICSV].

An example of a [http://blake.ppls.ed.ac.uk/~s0451342/chaoticSampling/Chaos1.mp3 remixed song].

Awesome! I've spent this evening programming a percussive kit for us to base our track around, and also the chord sequence on the bass. I didn't think the chord sequence that we came up with this afternoon flowed very well, so if it's OK with the others could I propose that we change to Am -> Em -> Dm -> Em instead? -Martin

Complex Systems Summer School 2011-Projects & Working Groups

2011-06-14T21:14:30Z

Martingould:

Complex Systems Summer School 2011-Projects & Working Groups

2011-06-14T20:58:02Z

Martingould: /* Potential Project */

Alfred Hubler's Nonlinear Dynamics Lab 2011

2011-06-14T20:45:47Z

Martingould:

{{Complex Systems Summer School 2011}}

==Thursday, June 16, 6:00pm==

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Complex Systems Summer School 2011-Projects & Working Groups

2011-06-14T02:57:08Z

Martingould:

Complex Systems Summer School 2011-After Hours

2011-06-14T01:29:08Z

Martingould:

{{Complex Systems Summer School 2011}}

Use this space to organize your own after hours activities.

==Bandelier Field Trip==
[[JP]] would like to set up a trip to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandelier_National_Monument Bandelier National Monument] on Sat. June 18. We might string a visit to the [http://www.vallescaldera.gov/ Valles Caldera] and [http://www.lanl.gov/museum/ Bradbury Science Museum/Los Alamos] in as well.

From Stefani: I know the head archaeologist at Bandelier. I'll see if I can get him or his assistant to give us a brief talk.

Bandelier Trip Sign Up.

Car 1: JP's Camry (<strike>4</strike> 5 seats) 
1. John Paul Gonzales 
2. Nini Zhang 
3. Raghav Chawla 
4. Miles Townes 
5. (Overload) 

Car 2: Stefani's Mazda: 
1. Stefani Crabtree 
2. Fran Moore 
3. Cristina Metgher 
4. Nicolas Paez 
5. Zoe Hamstead
THIS CAR IS FULL

 People who need rides 

1. Shweta Singh 
2. Ed Reznik 
3. David Borenstein Can rent a car 
4. Erik Edlund 
5. Antoine Allard 
6. Michael Sachs 
7. Evelien van der Hurk Can rent a car 
8. Anna Deluca 
9. Eugenia Polizzi 
10. Cali Ellis Can rent a car or van 
11. Martin Gould

==Present your own research==

there are many others with very inspiring and ready to present research findings, so the idea would be to have a small session this Thursday after lectures: let's say 4.30 - 5.30 (or longer, depending on how many of us want to / are ready to present) ...let's say 15 min each (so cut it down to the essentials!) and leave some room for discussion... so if you're ready and want some constructive feedback, just put here the title of your potential presentation, and we'll see if we get a critical mass that's interested:

1) Martin: the world's technological capacity to process information

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==Soccer, Monday 13 June at 7 PM?==
(I saw this from Victor on the CSSS FB wall)

"Who's down for soccer this Monday evening, at 7?
Rsvp w/a comment
If you have a ball, bring it--and let us know in your rsvp
I think it makes sense if those of us who want to play meet up at the drop-off circle and then walk down to the athletic field cheers V"

==Yo La Tengo in Santa Fe, 17 June==

For anyone interested, they're playing in town.

==Taos Earthships, Rio Grande Gorge, High Country==
Taos is a small town about 60 miles North of Santa Fe. It's known for the Taos Indian Pueblo, an artist colony, skiing, and the Taos Earthships. Depending on who's interested, we could stop by some wineries on the way up/down. The drive up alone is worth it.

Please add your car and seats if you have one 

Car 1: JP's Camry (4 seats) 
1. JP 
2. Nini 
3. Raghav 
4. Stefani 
5. David B 

Car 2: Chris's Versa 
1. Nicolas Paez 
2.Ed Reznik 
3. Evelien van der Hurk 
4. 

People who need rides:

==Community Lecture, 1930, 29 June==
From Democratic Consensus to Cannibalistic Hordes: The Principles of Collective Animal Behavior[http://santafe.edu/gevent/detail/public/408/] 
Presented by Iain Couzin (Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University) 

Anyone interested? - Nini

Yep, we have a shuttle already scheduled and seats reserved. No need to worry about transportation. -JP

==Los Alamos==

Los Alamos National Labs

From website: "Los Alamos National Laboratory is a premier national security research institution, delivering scientific and engineering solutions for the nation's most crucial and complex problems. Our primary responsibility is ensuring the safety, security, and reliability of the nation's nuclear deterrent. The Los Alamos of today emphasizes worker safety, effective operational safeguards & security, and environmental stewardship, while outstanding science remains the foundation of the Laboratory. In addition to supporting the Lab's core national security mission, our work advances bioscience, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental sciences, materials science, and physics disciplines."

Check it out at lanl.gov

I'd like to go, and I can rent a car if there's an interested group. -Clio

I'd like to go too! -Raghav

count me in! -ryan j

==NRAO Very Large Array==

National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Very Large Array

Its a bit of a hike... about a 3 hour drive... but should be totally worth it. Perhaps we could do this and los alamos together on the same day. -Raghav

Heres the description from the website(http://www.vla.nrao.edu/)-

The Very Large Array, one of the world's premier astronomical radio observatories, consists of 27 radio antennas in a Y-shaped configuration on the Plains of San Agustin fifty miles west of Socorro, New Mexico. Each antenna is 25 meters (82 feet) in diameter. The data from the antennas is combined electronically to give the resolution of an antenna 36km (22 miles) across, with the sensitivity of a dish 130 meters (422 feet) in diameter.

I'd love to go and would be willing to rent a car and drive. Unfortunately Los Alamos is in a different direction (NW) than VLA by quite a lot. I suggest looking above for other trips in planning for Los Alamos.

Mind signing up to indicate interest? 
1. Nini - Can rent a car 
2. Chris G - Have a car, but all depends on when we go... 
3. Cali - I would go, looks cool (can rent a car, don't have one) 
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==Backpacking in the Pecos Wilderness==
I've been planning a full-weekend backpacking trip with a local friend of mine. We'd probably camp Friday night at the trailhead (or his parents cabin) to get an early start, set up camp, then do a lighter hike to summit Las Truchas, the second highest peak in NM. We'd return on Sunday. At a minimum, you'd need a backpack and sleeping bag. We might be able to rustle up other gear. Cars shouldn't be an issue.

Interest: 
1. Chris G. 
2. Kameron (interested) 
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==Stargazing==

I'd like to spend an evening star-gazing - maybe try to get far enough out of town to avoid major light pollution. The next new moon is July 1st, so we might look to do it towards the end of the program. - Miles

I'd be interested, might be able to get a telescope, and know a few locations. (JP)

==Swimming?==
Anyone want to go swimming with me (Ed)? There's a pool about 2 miles away that's open till 8:30, was thinking of walking down after class.

Count me in for the drowning. When? - Nini

==Ten Thousand Waves==

They say it's a "must-do" while here. Just put your name down here if interested. (Cristina M.)

How does Thursday after lectures sound? (JP)?

Website: http://www.tenthousandwaves.com/
Price list: http://www.tenthousandwaves.com/RATES/price_list_summary.php

JP's Car! (hurray!) 
1.John Paul Gonzales 
2.Cristina M. 
3.Nini 
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==Rodeo de Santa Fe, June 22==

Sign up for the Rodeo! Opening night

JP's Camry 
1.[[JP]] 
2.Cali 
3.Nini 
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==After summerschool ==
I (Evelien van der Hurk) have got a couple of days after the summer school, and am (kind of) planning to drive around to Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, and if there is time: sky highway/Silverton. Is supposed to be pretty amazing. I will arrange to be 'back' on wednesday 6 july at 14:00h at Albuquerque airport, or before that - leaving at least 4 days for traveling, when leaving on Saturday. So, if anyone is interested to join me to drive around (I will need to rent a car), let me know (ehurk at rsm dot nl). Some links to pictures are below.

[http://www.astronomynotes.com/nature/pic18f.htm Monument Valley 1]

[http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/utah/monument-valley Monument Valley 2]

[www.visitmesaverde.com Mesa Verde]

And just google fot pictures at google : 'million dollar highway colorado'

==Frisbee==
Ok, look. I (Ed) like frisbee. By virtue of being into science, you people must at some level also like frisbee. So, let's play frisbee. There are lots of ways to do this:
1) Throwing
2) Throwing with our arms tucked in like T-Rex's
3) Imbibing beverages and throwing
4) Spinning the disc on our fingers (ooo fancy) and then throwing it
5) Playing cower (ask me for details)

Who has a disc? - Ed

I would be up for throwing, and also for a game of Ultimate. Thursday evening (the 16th) is free on our schedule. We can buy a disc. -Miles

==Other Options==

Rafting down the Rio Grande Box.

[http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/events/SF/music.shtml Music on the Hill] Concert Series (at St. John's)

Great Sand Dunes (in Colorado)

Sandia Peak Tram (in Albuquerque)

[http://www.rodeodesantafe.org/ Rodeo de Santa Fe]

[http://ojospa.com/index.php Ojo Caliente hot springs Field Trip]

Chaco Canyon

[http://www.visitpagosasprings.com/things-to-do/activities/summer/hot-springs/ Soak in the Hot Springs at Pagosa Springs, CO]

==Completed Events==

===SF Complex===
We're planning a trip to the [http://sfcomplex.org Santa Fe Complex] on Friday June 10 towards the evening.

UPDATE: We'll be making it an official trip. Shuttles will arrive at SJC 10 June at 6:00(18:00), return 8:00 (20:00).

Complex Systems Summer School 2011-After Hours

2011-06-14T01:28:35Z

Martingould:

{{Complex Systems Summer School 2011}}

Use this space to organize your own after hours activities.

==Bandelier Field Trip==
[[JP]] would like to set up a trip to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandelier_National_Monument Bandelier National Monument] on Sat. June 18. We might string a visit to the [http://www.vallescaldera.gov/ Valles Caldera] and [http://www.lanl.gov/museum/ Bradbury Science Museum/Los Alamos] in as well.

From Stefani: I know the head archaeologist at Bandelier. I'll see if I can get him or his assistant to give us a brief talk.

Bandelier Trip Sign Up.

Car 1: JP's Camry (<strike>4</strike> 5 seats) 
1. John Paul Gonzales 
2. Nini Zhang 
3. Raghav Chawla 
4. Miles Townes 
5. (Overload) 

Car 2: Stefani's Mazda: 
1. Stefani Crabtree 
2. Fran Moore 
3. Cristina Metgher 
4. Nicolas Paez 
5. Zoe Hamstead
THIS CAR IS FULL

 People who need rides 

1. Shweta Singh 
2. Ed Reznik 
3. David Borenstein Can rent a car 
4. Erik Edlund 
5. Antoine Allard 
6. Michael Sachs 
7. Evelien van der Hurk Can rent a car 
8. Anna Deluca 
9. Eugenia Polizzi 
10. Cali Ellis Can rent a car or van
11. Martin Gould

==Present your own research==

there are many others with very inspiring and ready to present research findings, so the idea would be to have a small session this Thursday after lectures: let's say 4.30 - 5.30 (or longer, depending on how many of us want to / are ready to present) ...let's say 15 min each (so cut it down to the essentials!) and leave some room for discussion... so if you're ready and want some constructive feedback, just put here the title of your potential presentation, and we'll see if we get a critical mass that's interested:

1) Martin: the world's technological capacity to process information

2)

3)

4)

==Soccer, Monday 13 June at 7 PM?==
(I saw this from Victor on the CSSS FB wall)

"Who's down for soccer this Monday evening, at 7?
Rsvp w/a comment
If you have a ball, bring it--and let us know in your rsvp
I think it makes sense if those of us who want to play meet up at the drop-off circle and then walk down to the athletic field cheers V"

==Yo La Tengo in Santa Fe, 17 June==

For anyone interested, they're playing in town.

==Taos Earthships, Rio Grande Gorge, High Country==
Taos is a small town about 60 miles North of Santa Fe. It's known for the Taos Indian Pueblo, an artist colony, skiing, and the Taos Earthships. Depending on who's interested, we could stop by some wineries on the way up/down. The drive up alone is worth it.

Please add your car and seats if you have one 

Car 1: JP's Camry (4 seats) 
1. JP 
2. Nini 
3. Raghav 
4. Stefani 
5. David B 

Car 2: Chris's Versa 
1. Nicolas Paez 
2.Ed Reznik 
3. Evelien van der Hurk 
4. 

People who need rides:

==Community Lecture, 1930, 29 June==
From Democratic Consensus to Cannibalistic Hordes: The Principles of Collective Animal Behavior[http://santafe.edu/gevent/detail/public/408/] 
Presented by Iain Couzin (Assistant Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University) 

Anyone interested? - Nini

Yep, we have a shuttle already scheduled and seats reserved. No need to worry about transportation. -JP

==Los Alamos==

Los Alamos National Labs

From website: "Los Alamos National Laboratory is a premier national security research institution, delivering scientific and engineering solutions for the nation's most crucial and complex problems. Our primary responsibility is ensuring the safety, security, and reliability of the nation's nuclear deterrent. The Los Alamos of today emphasizes worker safety, effective operational safeguards & security, and environmental stewardship, while outstanding science remains the foundation of the Laboratory. In addition to supporting the Lab's core national security mission, our work advances bioscience, chemistry, computer science, earth and environmental sciences, materials science, and physics disciplines."

Check it out at lanl.gov

I'd like to go, and I can rent a car if there's an interested group. -Clio

I'd like to go too! -Raghav

count me in! -ryan j

==NRAO Very Large Array==

National Radio Astronomy Observatory - Very Large Array

Its a bit of a hike... about a 3 hour drive... but should be totally worth it. Perhaps we could do this and los alamos together on the same day. -Raghav

Heres the description from the website(http://www.vla.nrao.edu/)-

The Very Large Array, one of the world's premier astronomical radio observatories, consists of 27 radio antennas in a Y-shaped configuration on the Plains of San Agustin fifty miles west of Socorro, New Mexico. Each antenna is 25 meters (82 feet) in diameter. The data from the antennas is combined electronically to give the resolution of an antenna 36km (22 miles) across, with the sensitivity of a dish 130 meters (422 feet) in diameter.

I'd love to go and would be willing to rent a car and drive. Unfortunately Los Alamos is in a different direction (NW) than VLA by quite a lot. I suggest looking above for other trips in planning for Los Alamos.

Mind signing up to indicate interest? 
1. Nini - Can rent a car 
2. Chris G - Have a car, but all depends on when we go... 
3. Cali - I would go, looks cool (can rent a car, don't have one) 
4. 

==Backpacking in the Pecos Wilderness==
I've been planning a full-weekend backpacking trip with a local friend of mine. We'd probably camp Friday night at the trailhead (or his parents cabin) to get an early start, set up camp, then do a lighter hike to summit Las Truchas, the second highest peak in NM. We'd return on Sunday. At a minimum, you'd need a backpack and sleeping bag. We might be able to rustle up other gear. Cars shouldn't be an issue.

Interest: 
1. Chris G. 
2. Kameron (interested) 
3. 

==Stargazing==

I'd like to spend an evening star-gazing - maybe try to get far enough out of town to avoid major light pollution. The next new moon is July 1st, so we might look to do it towards the end of the program. - Miles

I'd be interested, might be able to get a telescope, and know a few locations. (JP)

==Swimming?==
Anyone want to go swimming with me (Ed)? There's a pool about 2 miles away that's open till 8:30, was thinking of walking down after class.

Count me in for the drowning. When? - Nini

==Ten Thousand Waves==

They say it's a "must-do" while here. Just put your name down here if interested. (Cristina M.)

How does Thursday after lectures sound? (JP)?

Website: http://www.tenthousandwaves.com/
Price list: http://www.tenthousandwaves.com/RATES/price_list_summary.php

JP's Car! (hurray!) 
1.John Paul Gonzales 
2.Cristina M. 
3.Nini 
4. 
5. 

==Rodeo de Santa Fe, June 22==

Sign up for the Rodeo! Opening night

JP's Camry 
1.[[JP]] 
2.Cali 
3.Nini 
4. 
5. 

==After summerschool ==
I (Evelien van der Hurk) have got a couple of days after the summer school, and am (kind of) planning to drive around to Mesa Verde, Monument Valley, and if there is time: sky highway/Silverton. Is supposed to be pretty amazing. I will arrange to be 'back' on wednesday 6 july at 14:00h at Albuquerque airport, or before that - leaving at least 4 days for traveling, when leaving on Saturday. So, if anyone is interested to join me to drive around (I will need to rent a car), let me know (ehurk at rsm dot nl). Some links to pictures are below.

[http://www.astronomynotes.com/nature/pic18f.htm Monument Valley 1]

[http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/utah/monument-valley Monument Valley 2]

[www.visitmesaverde.com Mesa Verde]

And just google fot pictures at google : 'million dollar highway colorado'

==Frisbee==
Ok, look. I (Ed) like frisbee. By virtue of being into science, you people must at some level also like frisbee. So, let's play frisbee. There are lots of ways to do this:
1) Throwing
2) Throwing with our arms tucked in like T-Rex's
3) Imbibing beverages and throwing
4) Spinning the disc on our fingers (ooo fancy) and then throwing it
5) Playing cower (ask me for details)

Who has a disc? - Ed

I would be up for throwing, and also for a game of Ultimate. Thursday evening (the 16th) is free on our schedule. We can buy a disc. -Miles

==Other Options==

Rafting down the Rio Grande Box.

[http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/events/SF/music.shtml Music on the Hill] Concert Series (at St. John's)

Great Sand Dunes (in Colorado)

Sandia Peak Tram (in Albuquerque)

[http://www.rodeodesantafe.org/ Rodeo de Santa Fe]

[http://ojospa.com/index.php Ojo Caliente hot springs Field Trip]

Chaco Canyon

[http://www.visitpagosasprings.com/things-to-do/activities/summer/hot-springs/ Soak in the Hot Springs at Pagosa Springs, CO]

==Completed Events==

===SF Complex===
We're planning a trip to the [http://sfcomplex.org Santa Fe Complex] on Friday June 10 towards the evening.

UPDATE: We'll be making it an official trip. Shuttles will arrive at SJC 10 June at 6:00(18:00), return 8:00 (20:00).

Martin Gould

2011-06-08T21:25:47Z

Martingould:

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Hi! I'm Martin Gould, a PhD student in mathematics at The University of Oxford. Much of my background is in pure mathematics, so I'm particularly eager to get to grips with some applied problems and to collaborate with other researchers who have hands-on experience in this area. I'm very excited about the prospect of applying ideas from complex systems to a wide range of problems, and I would like to think about new ways to tackle certain aspects of my own research, which is currently focused on the reactions of markets to external news and on market stability.

My academic interests include:

* Markov processes
* Hidden Markov models
* Queueing theory
* Stochastic modelling, particularly zero-intelligence market models
* Econophysics

My personal interests include:

* Music (emission and absorption)
* Writing
* Art
* Languages and travel
* "Recreational" mathematics (whatever that might mean...)

Martin Gould

2011-06-08T21:22:39Z

Martingould:

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Hi! I'm Martin Gould, a PhD student in mathematics at The University of Oxford. Much of my background is in pure mathematics, so I'm particularly eager to get to grips with some applied problems and to collaborate with other researchers who have hands-on experience in this area. I'm very excited about the prospect of applying ideas from complex systems to a wide range of problems, and I would like to think about new ways to tackle certain aspects of my own research, which is currently focused on the reactions of markets to external news and on market stability.

My academic interests include:

Markov processes
Hidden Markov models
Queueing theory
Stochastic modelling, particularly zero-intelligence market models
Econophysics

My personal interests include:

Music (emission and absorption)
Writing
Art
Languages
Travel

File:MartinGould.jpg

2011-06-08T21:09:25Z

Martingould:

Martin Gould

2011-06-08T21:09:02Z

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